CUET General Test (Section III)

“A COMPLETE BOOK FOR NTA CUET

(SECTION III) GENERAL TEST”
Containing Quantitative aptitude, Logical reasoning & GK
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 CONTENT
Arithmetic Aptitude
1. Number System and Simplification ......................................................................................................08
l Type of Questions.................................................................................................................................13
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................14
l Exercise Solutions..........................................................................................................................16
2. LCM and HCF .................................................................................................................................. 20
l Type of Questions.................................................................................................................................21
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................22
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................24

3. Surds and Indices.............................................................................................................................. 28

l Type of Questions.................................................................................................................................29
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................30
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................31
4. Ratio, Proportion and Partnership.................................................................................................... 40
l Type of Questions.................................................................................................................................42
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................44
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................46
5. Mixture and Alligation ................................................................................................................... 50
l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................51
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................52
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................55
6. Percentage .......................................................................................................................................60
l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................62
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................64
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................67
7. Profit and Loss.................................................................................................................................... 70
l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................72
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................75
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................78

8. Simple Interest and Compound Interest.......................................................................................... 83

l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................85
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................88
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................91

9. Average ...........................................................................................................................................95
l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................96
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................98
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................101

10. Time and Work.................................................................................................................................104

l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................106
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................112
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................115

11. Pipe and Cistern................................................................................................................................ 121

l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................122
l Exercise Questions ...........................................................................................................................125
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................128
12. Speed, Time and Distance ............................................................................................................... 132
l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................134
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................137
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................140

13. Boat and Stream ............................................................................................................................ 143

l Type of Questions................................................................................................................................144
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................146
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................149
14. Data Interpretation ........................................................................................................................152
l Type of Questions..........................................................................................................................153
l
Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................166
l
Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................169
ADVANCED MATH
1. Line, Angle and Triangle .................................................................................................171
l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................181
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................184

2. Circle ........................................................................................................................................... 187

l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................193
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................196

3. Quadrilaterals ..................................................................................................................... 200

l Exercise Questions .........................................................................................................................205
l Exercise Solutions...........................................................................................................................207

4. Co-ordinate Geometry ...................................................................................................... 213

l Types of Questions .........................................................................................................................216
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................218
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................220

5. ALGEBRA ....................................................................................................................................... 225

l Types of Questions .........................................................................................................................228
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................231
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................233

6. TRIGONOMETRY ........................................................................................................................... 237

l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................243
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................245

7. HEIGHT AND DISTANCE .......................................................................................................... 248

l Types of Questions .........................................................................................................................250
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................251
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................254

8. MENSURATION-I ........................................................................................................................ 261

l Types of Questions .........................................................................................................................267
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................269
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................271

9. MENSURATION-II .................................................................................................................... 274

l Types of Questions .........................................................................................................................278
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................280
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................282
10. PERMUTATION, COMBINATION PROBABILITY ..................................................... 285
l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................287
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................289
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................291

PART A : VERBAL REASONING

1. ANALOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................299
l Exercise Questions .......................................................................................................................299
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................301

2. ODD ONE OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................303
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................304
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................305

3. MISSING TERM IN SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................307
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................308

4. MISSING NUMBERS IN THE FIGURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

l Solved Example ...........................................................................................................................309
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................310
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................313

5. MATHEMATICAL OPERATION AND ARITHMETICAL REASONING . . . . . . . 315

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................315
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................316
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................318

6. DICTIONARY, WORD SEQUENCE AND WORD FORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................321
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................322
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................324

7. LOGICAL VENN-DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................329
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................330
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................333

8. DICE AND CUBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................337
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................338
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................341

9. CLOCK & CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................344
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................345
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................347
10. FIGURE COUNTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................349
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................350
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................352

11. DIRECTION & DISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................356
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................357
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................360

12. BLOOD RELATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................365
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................366
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................368

13. FIGURE MATRIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................369
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................370
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................373

14. STATEMENT AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................374
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................375
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................380

15. CODING-DECODING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................381
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................382
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................384

16. STATEMENT & ASSUMPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................386
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................387
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................391

17. SYLLOGISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................394
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................396
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................398

18. ORDER & RANKING AND SITTING ARRARGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

l Solved Example ................................................................................................................................401
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................402
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................405

PART B : NON-VERBAL REASONING

1. EMBEDDED FIGURE AND FORMATION OF FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................409
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................412
2. MISSING FIGURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................413
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................414
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................417

3. PAPER CUTTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................419
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................420
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................423

4. PAPER FOLDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................425
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................428

5. MIRROR IMAGE & WATER IMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................431
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................431
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................435

6. SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................436
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................437
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................441

7. ANALOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
l Solved Example ............................................................................................................................443
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................444
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................447

8. CLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
l Exercise Questions...........................................................................................................................449
l Exercise Solutions .........................................................................................................................451

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

PRACTICE SETS (BASED ON LATEST PATTERN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. PRACTICE SET – 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
2. PRACTICE SET – 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
3. PRACTICE SET – 03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
4. PRACTICE SET – 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
5. PRACTICE SET – 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517